A research study to evaluate the effects of a new oral medicine called cenerimod in adults with systemic lupus erythematosus

Overview

Sponsor-declared trial summary

Key facts

Sponsor

Viatris Innovation GmbH

Participant type

Patients

Age range

18-64 years, 65+ years

Gender

Male and Female

Therapeutic area

Diseases [C] - Immune System Diseases [C20]

Trial duration

22 Oct 2024 → ongoing

Decision date (initial)

2024-10-25

Transition trial

Yes

Low-intervention

No

Rare-disease indication

No

Vulnerable population

Yes

External identifiers

EU CT number

2024-515870-28-00

EudraCT number

2022-002814-17

ClinicalTrials.gov

NCT05648500

Trial design

CTIS Part I — objectives, methods, condition coding

Main objective

Scope: Pharmacodynamic, Safety, Efficacy, Others, Pharmacoeconomic, Pharmacokinetic, Therapy

To evaluate the effectiveness of cenerimod 4 mg at reducing disease activity compared to placebo.

Secondary objectives 1

1. To evaluate the effect of cenerimod 4 mg to control the disease compared to placebo.

Conditions and MedDRA coding

Moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus

Study design 4 periods

Regulatory references

Scientific advice from competent authorities

European Medicines Agency, European Medicines Agency, European Medicines Agency

Plan to share IPD

No

Eligibility criteria

Principal inclusion / exclusion criteria as submitted by sponsor

Inclusion criteria 2

1. Screening criteria: • Signed Informed Consent Form prior to any study-mandated procedure. • Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) made at least 6 months prior to Screening, according to 2019 European League Against Rheumatism / American College of Rheumatology Criteria. • A modified Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2000 (mSLEDAI-2K) score ≥ 6 and clinical mSLEDAI-2K score ≥ 4 with at least 2 points for musculoskeletal or mucocutaneous manifestations (i.e., myositis, arthritis, rash, alopecia, mucosal ulcers). The mSLEDAI-2K score does not include "leukopenia". • Currently treated with one or more of the following SLE background medications: - Antimalarials (≤ 400 mg/day hydroxychloroquine, ≤ 500 mg/day chloroquine, ≤ 100 mg/day quinacrine). - Mycophenolate mofetil (≤ 2 g/day) / mycophenolic acid (≤1.44 g/day). - Azathioprine (≤ 2 mg/kg/day). - Methotrexate (≤ 25 mg/week). - Oral Corticosteroids (OCS): if OCS is the only SLE background medication, ≥ 7.5 mg/day and ≤ 30 mg/day prednisone or equivalent; if OCS is not the only SLE background medication, ≤ 30 mg/day prednisone or equivalent. - Belimumab (≤10 mg/kg every 4 weeks intravenously [i.v.], or 200 mg/week subcutaneously [s.c.]). • Treatment with antimalarials, mycophenolate mofetil, mycophenolic acid, azathioprine, methotrexate or belimumab must have been started at least 90 days prior to Screening. • Treatment with OCS must have been started at least 30 days prior to Screening. • For women of childbearing potential (WoCBP): - Negative serum pregnancy test at Screening. - Agreement to undertake monthly urine pregnancy tests from Randomization up to 6 months after study treatment discontinuation. - Agreement to use a highly effective method of contraception from Screening (Visit 1) up to 6 months after study treatment discontinuation.
2. Randomization criteria: • A clinical mSLEDAI-2K score ≥ 4 with at least 2 points for musculoskeletal or mucocutaneous manifestations (i.e., myositis, arthritis, rash, alopecia, mucosal ulcers). • British Isles Lupus Assessment Group-2004 (BILAG) Grade B in 2 or more organ systems or a BILAG Grade A in 1 or more organ system. • Physician's Global Assessment (PGA) score ≥ 1.0 on a 0 to 3 visual analog scale. • Presence of at least one of the following biomarkers of serological evidence of active SLE (in a Screening sample as measured by central laboratory): - Anti-dsDNA antibodies elevated above normal, - Antinuclear antibodies with a titer of at least 1:160, - Anti-Smith antibody elevated above normal. • Currently treated with one or more of the following SLE background medications that must be stable for at least 30 days prior to Randomization (except OCS, which must be stable for at least 15 days prior to Randomization): - Antimalarials (≤ 400 mg/day hydroxychloroquine, ≤ 500 mg/day chloroquine, ≤ 100 mg/day quinacrine); - Mycophenolate mofetil (≤ 2 g/day) / mycophenolic acid (≤ 1.44 g/day); - Azathioprine (≤ 2 mg/kg/day); - Methotrexate (≤ 25 mg/week); - OCS: if OCS is the only SLE background medication, ≥ 7.5 mg/day and ≤ 30 mg/day prednisone or equivalent; if OCS is not the only SLE background medication: ≤ 30 mg/day prednisone or equivalent). - Belimumab (≤ 10 mg/kg every 4 weeks i.v. or ≤ 200 mg/week s.c.). • WoCBP must have a negative urine pregnancy test at Randomization.

Exclusion criteria 6

1. Pregnant, planning to become pregnant up to Final Study Visit, or lactating women.
2. Severe active central nervous system lupus or active severe or unstable neuropsychiatric SLE including but not limited to: aseptic meningitis; cerebral vasculitis; myelopathy; demyelination syndromes (ascending, transverse, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy); acute confusional state; impaired level of consciousness; psychosis; acute stroke or stroke syndrome; cranial neuropathy; status epilepticus; cerebellar ataxia; or mononeuritis multiplex: - That would make the subject unable to fully understand the ICF; OR - Where, in the opinion of the investigator/delegate, protocol-specified standard of care is insufficient and the use of a more aggressive therapeutic approach, such as adding i.v. cyclophosphamide and/or high dose i.v. pulse corticosteroid (CS) therapy or other treatments not permitted in the protocol is indicated.
3. • History or presence of Mobitz type II or third-degree atrioventricular block, sick sinus syndrome, symptomatic bradycardia or syncope associated with cardiac disorders. • Subjects who experienced myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, stroke, transient ischemic attack, vascular thrombosis, decompensated heart failure requiring hospitalization, or heart failure defined by the New York Heart Association Class III/IV within 6 months prior to Screening. • Resting Heart Rate 50 bpm as measured by the 12-lead ECG at Screening or at Randomization. • An elevated QT interval corrected according to Fridericia's formula (QTcF) interval of > 470 ms (females) / > 450 ms (males) at Screening or at Randomization.
4. • History or presence of severe respiratory disease or pulmonary fibrosis, based on medical history, lung function, and chest X-ray (or CT scan as per local guidelines), performed at Screening or within 6 months prior to Screening. • History of clinically relevant bronchial asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that has required treatment with oral or parenteral CS for more than a total of 2 weeks within the last 6 months prior to Screening.
5. • History or presence of malignancy (except for surgically excised and non-recurrent cutaneous basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or cervical carcinoma), lymphoproliferative disease, or history of total lymphoid irradiation within 10 years prior to Screening. • Presence of any of the following abnormalities detected during the ophthalmological evaluation and/or by optical coherence tomography (OCT) during screening: - Macular edema of any cause: diabetic, cystoid, tractional. - Foveal degeneration, macular hole, macular pseudohole, hereditary or degenerative maculopathies. - Active uveitis, papilledema. - Retinal neovascularization of any cause and in any location.• History of chronic liver or biliary disease (other than Gilbert's Syndrome) or subjects with alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase > 3 × Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) or total bilirubin > 1.5 × ULN (unless in the context of known Gilbert's Syndrome). • Significant hematology abnormality at screening assessment: - lymphocyte count < 500/μL (0.5 × 10^9/L); - hemoglobin < 7 g/dL; - white blood cell count < 2000/μL (2.0 × 10^9/L); or - platelets 25000/μL < (25 × 10^9/L). • Estimated glomerular filtration rate < 15 mL/min/1.73 m^2.
6. • Treatment with the following medications within 15 days or 5 half-lives of the medication (whichever is longer) prior to Randomization: - β-blockers, diltiazem, verapamil, digoxin, digitoxin, or any other antiarrhythmic or heart-rate - lowering systemic therapy. - QT-prolonging drugs with known risk of torsade de pointes irrespective of indication. • Treatment with the following medications within 30 days or 5 half-lives of the medication (whichever is longer) prior to Randomization: - Cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine, voclosporin, tacrolimus, sirolimus, etc. - Pulse methylprednisolone. - Vaccination with live vaccines. • Intra-articular, intramuscular or i.v. CS within 6 weeks prior to Randomization. • Treatment with anifrolumab within 6 months prior to Randomization. • Treatment with the following medications within 90 days or 5 half-lives of the medication (whichever is longer) prior to Randomization: - Leflunomide. - i.v. immunoglobulins. • Treatment with any investigational agent within 90 days or 5 half-lives of the drug (whichever is longer) prior to Randomization. • Treatment with B cell-depleting biological agents (e.g., rituximab or ocrelizumab) or biological immunosuppressive agents (e.g., anti-tumor necrosis factor [TNF], anti-interleukin [IL]-1, anti-IL6 therapies), within 12 months prior to Randomization. • Treatment with any of the following medications any time prior to Screening: - Alemtuzumab; - Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulators (e.g., fingolimod). - Subjects previously randomized to cenerimod or placebo in any trial involving cenerimod.

Endpoints

Primary and secondary outcome measures (English text)

Primary endpoints 1

1. Response on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Responder Index (SRI-4) at Month 12 compared to baseline.

Secondary endpoints 3

1. Response on British Isles Lupus Assessment Group-based Composite Lupus Assessment (BICLA) at Month 12 compared to baseline.
2. Time to first confirmation of a 4-month sustained mSLEDAI-2K response, defined as a reduction of at least 4 points from baseline.
3. Time to first confirmation of a 4-month sustained response in mucocutaneous manifestations (i.e., rash, alopecia, mucosal ulcers), defined as: • No increase in the overall mSLEDAI-2K score excluding mucocutaneous manifestations, and • Remission (score of zero) from baseline in the mSLEDAI-2K score of mucocutaneous manifestations.

Investigational products

Investigational medicinal products (IMPs), comparators, placebo, auxiliary

Test 1

Placebo 1

Sponsors and contacts

Sponsor organisations, regulatory contacts, third parties

Viatris Innovation GmbH

Sponsor organisation

Viatris Innovation GmbH

Address

Gewerbestrasse 14

City

Allschwil

Postcode

4123

Country

Switzerland

Scientific contact point

Organisation

Viatris Innovation GmbH

Contact name

EUClinicalTrials@viatris

Public contact point

Organisation

Viatris Innovation GmbH

Contact name

EUClinicalTrials@viatris

Third parties 14

Locations

5 EU/EEA countries · 34 investigational sites

By country

Investigational sites

Country notifications

Trial-start, recruitment-start, end and early-termination notifications submitted per Member State

Results and documents

Annex IV summary of results, Annex V layperson summary, and all documents registered in CTIS for this trial

Documents 86 files

Public protocol annexes, IB summaries, regulatory submissions and post-authorisation documents registered in CTIS.

Application history

7 submissions — initial application plus substantial / non-substantial modifications